Honors Chemistry

Period
Time
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
1
8:00 am
E Period
F Period
A Period

B Period

C Period
D Period
2
8:45 am
F Period

G Period

B Period

C Period
A Period
E Period
3
9:30 am
F Lab

G Lab

B Lab

C Lab
A Lab
A Period
4
10:15 am

G Period

E Period
C Period
D Period

B Period

B Period

5
11:00 am
A Period
D Period
D Period
E Period

G Period


6
11:45 am

C Period
D Lab
E Lab
F Period

Lunch
12:30 - 1:00 pm






7
1:00 pm

B Period


E period
F Period


8
1:45 pm
C Period

F period

G Period



9
2:30 pm
D Period

G period

A Period




Monday, February 8, 2010


B Period
  • Fill out the science department student feedback form.
  • Define bond energy again.
  • Use bond energies to calculate the enthalpy change of a chemical reaction.

G Period
  • Fill out the science department student feedback form.
  • Review how to calculate enthalpy changes using bond energies.
  • Define VSEPR theory.
  • Identify classes of molecular geometries.

Molecular Geometries
  • linear
  • bent
  • trigonal planar
  • trigonal pyramidal
  • tetrahedral
  • trigonal bipyramidal
  • octahedral
  • seesaw
  • T-shaped
  • square planar
  • square pyramidal


Tonight's Homework:


Tuesday, February 9, 2010

G Period
Daily Quiz

Molecular Geometries
  • linear
  • bent
  • trigonal planar
  • trigonal pyramidal
  • tetrahedral
  • trigonal bipyramidal
  • octahedral
  • seesaw
  • T-shaped
  • square planar
  • square pyramidal

VSEPR Theory
  • Define VSEPR theory.
  • Identify classes of molecular geometries.

No Homework Tonight

Wednesday, February 10, 2010


B Period
  • Daily Quiz
  • Classify molecules according to geometric classes.
  • Determine if a molecule is polar or nonpolar in terms of electronegativity arrows and dipoles.

B Period Lab: Reduction of silver ions in a redox reaction.

G Period
  • Finish identifying classes of molecular geometries.
  • Practice classifying molecules.
  • Determine if a molecule is polar or nonpolar in terms of electronegativity arrows and dipoles.

Tonight's Homework: Worksheet given out in class.

Thursday, February 11, 2010

Daily Quiz

Molecular Geometry and Polarity
  • Worksheet on molecular geometry.
  • Define a dipole. Explain when a molecule is a dipole.
  • Identify molecules as polar or nonpolar.

No Homework Tonight

Friday, February 12, 2010


Molecular Polarity
  • Use the geometry of the molecule and the electronegativity values to determine if a molecule is polar.
  • Define a dipole.
  • Identify properties of polar molecules.

Hybridization of Orbitals
  • Define hybridization of atomic orbitals.
  • Identify classes of hybrid orbitals.
  • Identify the hybridization on each central atom for the molecules on the worksheet from Wednesday.


Homework Tonight: Problem Set
Problems 62 & 63.

Saturday, February 13, 2010


B Period
Hybridization of Orbitals

  • Define hybridization of atomic orbitals.
  • Identify classes of hybrid orbitals.
  • Identify the hybridization on each central atom for the molecules on the worksheet from Wednesday.